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It is 15 days since Cyclone Gaja made landfall in southern Tamil Nadu, wreaking havoc in six districts of the State. At least 3,000 public health personnel still remain on the ground, organising medical camps, chlorinating water sources, looking out for mosquito breeding sources and, more importantly, maintaining sanitation in affected areas.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a....

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a....

"Science is not a belief system," said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd, a past president of the American Meteorological Society. He added that if someone doesn't believe in gravity, "guess what happens if you fall off a ladder.

Scientists have, for a very long time, been warning of a massive earthquake in the central Himalayan region. And a new study has hinted that the quake could be as strong as 8.5-magnitude on the Richter scale and could jolt the region "anytime in the future.

THE FACTS: Oceans are plainly huge. About two-thirds of Earth’s surface is ocean. The overall atmosphere that circles the globe is bigger and deeper, but the oceans are much weightier. Also, 90 percent of the heat added in recent decades to the climate system from global warming has gone into the....

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a....

WASHINGTON It’s elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a dozen....

Here are 11 ways that the president bungled the basics of climate change, the Earth and of science itself. At the end of this list, you can read what the White House got right. TRUMP: “I don’t believe it,” he said Monday. Then on Tuesday he told The Washington Post: “One of the problems that a lot....

WASHINGTON It’s elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a dozen....

WASHINGTON It’s elemental. President Donald Trump got his facts about earth, water, air and fire wrong as he and his aides spent a week attacking the White House climate report. In interviews and off-the-cuff remarks, public statements and briefings, the president and the White House made a dozen....

An earthquake has struck only a few miles away from where world leaders such as U.S. President Donald Trump, British P.M. Theresa May and Russian President Vladimir Putin are gathering for the 2018 G20 summit. The quake measured 3.8 on the Richter Scale and struck only 33 kilometres south of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires.

It originated in
Japan
, and is now increasingly adopted in other parts of the world, including our Chennai. It has revolutionised the concept of urban afforestation by turning backyards into mini-forests. Local examples include a space near the Shenoy Nagar Metro Station and a school in Thirumudivakkam.

AIDMI's publication of SouthasiadisaAIDMI's publication of Southasiadisasters.net is titled "Understanding Recovery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands" and highlights the various aspects of the post–tsumani recovery process there. This issue focuses on many themes related with the recovery process in....

TOKYO, 28 NOVEMBER 2018 (INSIDE THE GAMES) – Tokyo 2020 have claimed a growing number of areas across
Japan
have signed up to a Government initiative to offer them the chance to become host towns for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat has announced that 341 municipalities....

For these reasons, it did not take long for the editors to arrive at their decision. The AHA Centre, Mercy Relief and the men named have operated in plain sight, the citation said. Amid large scale flooding, earthquakes and a variety of other disasters, they have served as a beacon of selflessness....

A magnitude-5.9 earthquake was registered Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, north of
Japan
, and south of Hokkaido Island. The Japan Meteorological Agency informed that the epicenter of this seismic activity was located in the west coast of Aomori Prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu, RIA Novosti reported.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off the east coast of
Japan
’s northern Aomori Prefecture, the weather agency said on Wednesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor’s epicentre was located at the latitude of 41.3 degrees north and longitude of 143.

Five St Mary’s College students travelled with their teacher to celebrate the World Youth Tsunami Awareness Day in Osaka,
Japan
. Etevise Fonoti, Janola Tofilau, Melesete Ioane, Quenjule Slaven and Charla Wendt accompanied their teacher Annie Mauga-Afoa to Japan, to participate in a high school....

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck
Japan
's southern Ibaraki Prefecture, the weather agency here said Tuesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor's epicenter was located at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and longitude of 139.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck
Japan
's southern Ibaraki Prefecture, the weather agency here said Tuesday,
reported. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor's epicenter was located at a latitude of 36.1 degrees north and longitude of 139.9 degrees east and occurred at a depth of 50 km.

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